Low-Cost handheld global positioning system for measuring surf-zone currents

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 744-754

  MacMahan, Jamie ^a   Brown, Jeff ^b   Thornton, Ed ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Currents; Drifter; GPS; Lagrangian currents; Rip currents; Surf zone

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRIFTER; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW FIELD; GPS; RIP CURRENT; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SOFTWARE; SURF ZONE;

EID: 67649531469     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/08-1000.1     Document Type: Article

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